The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-03

of young chickens. They cannot thrive
il kept on damp soil.
The Louisiana sugar crop is now es-
timated at $50, 900 hogsheads, reduc-
ton from previous estimates.
Ducks should be allowed as much
liberty as possible, as they are not par
tial to confinement like chickens.
Avoid top ventilation in the poultry
house. 1t will cause Group. swelled
head, closed eyes and other difficulties.
Chickens can be fattened in twelve
days to two weeks if they are kept in
partly dark place and fed all they
will eat.
Let your sitting hen come off the nest
daily. Allow her to roll in dust box
near by. Give her food and drink reg
nlarly.
Some dairymen save the last fourth
Of the milk from the COW in a separate
vessel, and pour il directly into cream
jar.
The standard for a good COW is said
to be 500 gallons of milk per year. and
of this there should be ten per cent of
cream.
The frost will pulverize the clods If
possible, should the ground thaw du-
ring the winter, plough it and leave
the burrows rough.
A contemporary suggests that cow
can be easily led by u halter that COM
mands her nose. but with difficulty by
a rope around her horns.
Make friends of your horses. They
will enjoy your sociablity as we'll as
you viii. Sensible horses like TO BE-
talked to by sensible men.
Roots are excellent for sheep in win
ter and are especially important with
heavy grain feeding, TO keep the diges-
tive organs in full yigor.
Wool is cheaper in America than in
any European center. Prices must be
equaled by and by, which will mean
an advance of prices in this country.
Never set trees in sod, or among
wheat or other sowed grain. Clover
is the worst of all. The whole surface
of the ground should be clean and well
stirred.
Lime is purifier and should be
used often as wash TO coops, perches
and nest boxes. Sprinkle the places
most frequented by them with air.
slaked lime.
A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman who has good success with
poultry, feeds wheat, all they will eat,
with scalded corn meal when they
were small.
Turkeys and guineas should not be
allowed to roost in the tree-tops, or
the result will be roup, which is con-
tagious, all the fowls of the barn-yard
being subject to it.
Fifty thousand tons of SCOT are
taken from London chmneys in a
year. 1t is estimated to be worth
5000 COO and is used rs fertilizer,
half n ton to an acre.
If fowls are thirsty they will eat
snow and pieces of ice, as well as
drink from the vile gutter but that is
no reason for neglecting to provide
them with fresh water
Carelessness must give way TO bust
aess management on the farm. The
farmer should study the markets and
be as ready to take advantage of OPP
portunities rs the merchant.
Rye may be pastured whenever the
weather permits, but care should be
taken not to turn on the stock at a
time when the ground is soft or SO as
to trample the field too much.
An excellent mode of utilizing any
spare time of winter is to clean up and
burn all dried grass and weeds. Trim
ming the trees and vines may be done
any time between now and spring.
A correspondent of the Farmers
Home Journal says he raised l,2l5
bushels of white corn of eight and
torty-seven hmdreths acres the past
season, which is AS bushels to the acre.
II has been demonstrated in Eng
land that the quantity OF meat produced
by sheep delivered to the butcher at
one year Of age, costs just half as much
as that fed to double the age.
Cabbage plants growing in frames
1r hot-beds can be checked in growth